Media Tools

Below you will find a variety of Open Source tools to assist in using media to educate.

• Using Web 2.0 Tools in Elementary Classrooms

• Graphic, audio & video files for educators http://www.internet4classrooms.com/graphics.htm

Open Source Audio [audio files]

• Soundsnap http://www.soundsnap.com/
• Free Music Project - free music of all genres http://freemusic.freeculture.org/
• ccMixter - remixes of cc licensed music http://www.ccmixter.org/

Audio Editing

• Audacity http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ [ Audacity is free, open source software for recording and editing sounds.]

Still Media Editing Tools

• SnipShot http://snipshot.com/ [Edit photos from your hard-drive, your Webshots account, or your Flickr account in one place, and then save them back to any of those locations.]
• LunaPic http://www.lunapic.com/editor/ [Online photo editing - more drawing tools then editing tools]

Open Source Images [image files]

• Pics4Learning educational images http://www.pics4learning.com/
• World Images - 50,000+ images free for education, non-profit use http://worldart.sjsu.edu/
• Great Images In NASA http://grin.hq.nasa.gov/
• Free Images - 2500 free stock images http://www.freeimages.co.uk/
• Pixel Perfect Digital 5000+ user contributed images http://www.pixelperfectdigital.com/free_stock_photos/

Video Editing Tools

• Screencast-O-Matic http://www.screencast-o-matic.com/ [This is a free and easy way to create a video recording of your screen (aka screencast) and upload it for free hosting all from your browser with no install!]

Open Source Video [video files]

• Internet Archive http://www.archive.org/details/movies
• WGBH Sandbox http://streams.wgbh.org/sandbox/
• Open Video Project http://open-video.org/

Finding Videos

• Blinkx An online video search engine
• MetaTube Search over 100 video sharing sites
• SearchforVideo Another video search engine. Includes searches of sites like Newsweek, Forbes, and SpikeTV as well as video sharing site

Conversion Tools

• ZamZar http://www.zamzar.com/ [convert image, video, doc, sounds files]
• Vixy http://vixy.net/ [convert and download flash files]

More on Video

• Caught on Video Some great ideas for using video in teaching and learning
• Online Video Editing: The Best Web-Based Video Editing Tools - A MiniGuide